CLEAN 1968 Orig THE SOFT MACHINE VOLUME 2 = TRIPPY Fuzz Organ ACID PROG PSYCH
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Jun 13, 2021 Sold Date
Jun 8, 2021 Start Date
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1968 ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING


UK PSYCHEDELIC CLASSIC!

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  • ... SOFT MACHINE ...

  • (((Volume Two)))

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  • USA - PROBE Records - CPLP 4505

    Plays FANTASTIC!

    Circa 1969 ORIGINAL GATEFOLD press, PROBE RECORDS label

    ...the even more psychedelic 2nd SOFT MACHINE album... this is a 48 years old issue that plays with MINT clean audio...

    The second album from The Soft Machine just called Volume Two continues the intellectual psychadelic late sixties prog rock style from their first album. By this Lp, Kevin Ayers has left the band to be replaced by former roadie for the band Hugh Hopper. The change is instantly heard as the distorted bass from Hugh Hopper is heard for the first time. It must have been quite a revolution to hear a bass so heavily distorted as this one in 1969. Hugh Hopper´s dominant distorted bass along with Mike Ratledge's fuzz-box infected organ is one of the great things about this album.

    Overall the style of the music is pretty much a continuation of the style Soft Machine introduced on the debut. Witful lyrics and cool psychedelic rock songs with exciting twists. There are lots of small interludes between the longer tracks which works as bridges between those songs. It means that Volume two sometimes has a kind of concept feeling to it.

    The instrumentation is keyboards, bass, drums and vocals. Since Daevid Allen ( Gong) wasn´t admitted entrance into Britain after a vacation, and had to leave the band because of that, there hadn´t been a guitarist in the band. There is, in fact, sporadic guitar playing, but no one is credited for playing the guitar. You don´t miss the guitar though as Mike Ratledge is very good at filling out any empty space with his keyboards and both the bass and the drums are very dominant too. The vocals from Robert Wyatt are very good on this album. Really enjoyable.

    The production is pretty similar to the one on the debut album but, even though there are similarities between volume one and two it is arguable that Volume Two is a bit better than the debut. In VOLUME TWO the band reached the highest heights of psychedelics, especially with the gorgeous suite on the album's original A- side. Although instrumentation is minimal (bass, drums and keyboards), there are good tunes aplenty. Some have the bass as lead instrument, some the piano or the organ (both with and without fuzz-box), and Wyatt's drumming is bouncier than ever. This is essentially good-humoured music: most of the lyrics are about partying, having sex, or recording in a New York studio - impossible to listen to without a smile on your face and a groove in your head. Particularly charming are the bits where Robert starts crooning in Spanish (he seems to have spent a lot of time in Majorca, with Kevin Ayers), and when he expresses his heartfelt thanks to the members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, with whom the Soft Machine had been on tour.

    Side Two contains more tunes that are both unforgettable and irresistibleis in "Dedicated to You" and "Pig". The album as a whole is a must for anyone who's even remotely interested in the Canterbury Scene. Highly recommendable.

    Rivmic Melodies
    Pataphysical Introduction Pt. I (1:00)
    A Concise British Alphabet Pt. I (0:10)
    3. Hibou, Anemone and Bear (5:58)
    A Concise British Alphabet Pt. II (0:12)
    Hulloder (0:52)
    Dada Was Here (3:25)
    Thank You Pierrot Lunaire (0:47)
    Have You Ever Bean Green? (1:23)
    Pataphysical Introduction Pt. II (0:50)
    Out Of Tunes (2:30)
    Esther's Nose Job
    As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still (2:30)
    Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening (2:30)
    Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging (1:50)
    Pig (2:08)
    Orange Skin Food (1:52)
    A Door Opens And Closes (1:09)
    10.30 Returns To The Bedroom (4:14)

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  3. The cover: rated: near M- front of THICK gatefold cover is a solid collection copy; stiff and sharp. The back cover is another one of those impossible to find without shelf wear covers being dark. This copy has minor shelf wear on back, again front is clean, insides of the gatefold is MINT clean. Has a very little delete drill at bottom right you can't see so much as so small ...there are no cut corners, no split seams, no bends and no writing. Overall, 51 years onward it looks highly collectible with strong original colors ...

  1. The vinyl: Rated: is ALSO real nice near M- clean, a TOP COPY with clean PROBE labels ... a must have acid-prog album
... SOFT MACHINE ...

A cool addition to anyone's music library! 
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